Penmann Crescent News Today

A MAN who stabbed a burglar to death after seeing him break into his home on doorbell footage has been jailed for 19 years.

A jury cleared Karl Townsend, 32, of murdering Jordan Brophy, 31, outside his home in Halewood, Merseyside, on October 29 last year but found him guilty of manslaughter.

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Karl Townsend (pictured), 32, a father who stabbed burglar Jordan Brophy, 31, to death after watching a gang raid his family home has been cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter.